Kenneth, Kevin and Len are joined by Rebecca Franks to discuss the world of mobile development for Android, Google's developer platform and her recent Google Developer Expert accolade.

We take a dive into all things Android, starting with the Play Store and the impact that's made on the app ecosystem before going into the more technical details of building and testing Android apps and the tooling behind it. We speak through some of the nuances of building against Android's APIs and look at alternatives to Java and the ability to interop with native code through Android's NDK.

Follow Rebecca online:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/riggaroo

Blog: http://riggaroo.co.za/

Android Studio - http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

Google Play Store -

https://play.google.com/store

Apple App Store - https://itunes.apple.com/za/genre/ios/id36

A/B testing in the Google Play Store - http://bit.ly/1MYZJJx

Bookdash - Rebecca's App - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.bookdash.android

Android API levels - http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html

Android Support Repository - http://developer.android.com/tools/support-library/setup.html

Browserstack - https://www.browserstack.com

Genymotion - https://www.genymotion.com/

Google test lab - https://developers.google.com/cloud-test-lab/

Espresso - https://google.github.io/android-testing-support-library/docs/espresso/

Mockito - http://mockito.org/

Android Marshmallow permissions - http://developer.android.com/training/permissions/requesting.html

Understanding Battery Usage in your Android App - http://riggaroo.co.za/understanding-battery-usage-android-app/

IntelliJ - https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/

Dalvik - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalvik_(software)

Kotlin - https://kotlinlang.org/

Gradle - http://gradle.org/

Xtend - http://www.eclipse.org/xtend/

Xtendroid - https://github.com/tobykurien/Xtendroid

Cordova - https://cordova.apache.org/

React Native - https://facebook.github.io/react-native/

Android NDK - http://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/ndk

Google Developer Expert - https://developers.google.com/experts/

Local Android developer spots:

GDG Cape Town - http://www.meetup.com/Google-Developer-Group-Cape-Town-Meetup/

GDG Pretoria - https://developers.google.com/groups/chapter/117599647232533838312/

GDG Johannesburg - https://developers.google.com/groups/chapter/102185667048205980695/

Johannesburg Android Usergroup - http://www.meetup.com/androidug-joburg/

Picks

Kenneth:

AfrikaBurn - http://www.afrikaburn.com

Len:

Durable Queue - https://github.com/Factual/durable-queue

Rebecca:

Android Weekly - http://androidweekly.net/

Riggaroo blog - http://riggaroo.co.za/

Kevin:

Evening of Mastery - http://stream.drivenalliance.com/events/AnEveningOfMastery/

Clean Code - http://www.amazon.com/Clean-Code-Handbook-Software-Craftsmanship/dp/0132350882

The Clean Coder - http://www.amazon.com/Clean-Coder-Conduct-Professional-Programmers/dp/0137081073

Working Effectively with Legacy Code - http://www.amazon.com/Working-Effectively-Legacy-Michael-Feathers/dp/0131177052

Refactoring - http://www.amazon.com/Refactoring-Improving-Design-Existing-Code/dp/0201485672

The Deep Synergy between Testability and Good Design - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cVZvoFGJTU

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